Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Israel is close to losing what he called its "best friend" in the area.

VOA: special.2010.06.05

Doctors in training may have to do hundreds of stitches in some cases to close the skin after an operation.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

"So the long battle to stop the leak and contain the oil is finally close to coming to an end."

VOA: special.2010.08.07

The epidemic might have been even worse had it not been for the father of the actress Glenn Close.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

"Every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they've got.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

But close to five hundred million confirmed cases were reported to the World Health Organization as of November first.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

To reduce costs, G.M.plans to close more factories and cut more jobs by the end of two thousand eleven.

VOA: special.2009.06.05

He believed that much of what was being said and done in Ohio was close to the crime of treason.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

In two thousand eight they had close to two million students -- nearly three times more than in two thousand.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

At the close of the Group of 20 Summit in Toronto,Canada, the president noted moves in Europe to cut government spending.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

One sports writer later described Clemente's throwing, running and hitting during the World Series as close to the level of perfection.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

He is so close you can see his white ivory tusks and the deep lines in his gray skin.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

In Paris, Isabella became close friends with one of her classmates, Julia Gardner, whose family was from Boston, Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

In the United States alone, the number of infections in hospitals is estimated at close to two million each year.

VOA: special.2010.04.21